{"id":336,"date":"2024-08-26T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/podcasts.la.utexas.edu\/american-rhapsody\/?page_id=336"},"modified":"2024-08-23T15:45:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T20:45:34","slug":"freedom-papers-evidence-of-emancipation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/podcasts.la.utexas.edu\/american-rhapsody\/freedom-papers-evidence-of-emancipation\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom Papers: Evidence of Emancipation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cFreedom Papers: Evidence of Emancipation\u201d highlights examples of how enslaved people gained freedom before the Civil War in the American south. Through the purchase of bonds, travel to states where the right to freedom was inherent, and other methods, these people secured a fragile hold on their freedom and sometimes the freedom of their children as well.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Documents used in this exhibit cover an era from Spanish rule to the end of the Civil War, including petitions signed by Spanish Governors, survey maps, and emancipation papers for entire families. These personal, often complex, stories show how the legacy of enslavement permeates American history.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Episode 1: Interview with exhibit curator Sarah Sonner <\/h2>\n\n\n
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Sarah Sonner, Freedom Papers exhibit curator<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In this episode, Briscoe Center curator Sarah Sonner recounts the process of discovery as she mined the center\u2019s vast collections to create the recent exhibition \u201cFreedom Papers: Evidence of Emancipation.\u201d Join us to hear what she found, her process, and what she hopes her work reveals.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n